Jeff Manning, also credited as Jeffrey Manning, is an American voice actor and narrator based in Japan. He is known primarily for his work on the North American English dub of Iron Chef, as well as roles in several video games and voice-overs on numerous television commercials. He is perhaps best known as the Announcer and Master Hand in the first Super Smash Bros. game on the Nintendo 64. He previously worked for Mickey's Company, an agency based in Japan. He now works for Triple Sun Talent, another agency based in Japan.
Bio A native of Utah, and an alumnus of Brigham Young University, Manning first came to Japan as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He returned there in 1983 to work for Frontier Enterprises doing studio dubbing.
Notable roles
Anime Year Title Role Notes Source 1986 Cyborg 009: The Legend of the Super Galaxy Chang Changku / 006 English Dub 1999, 2000 Sensual Phrase Freddie Brown, Rupert Grazer Eps. 31, 33, 44Original Japanese dub 2001 Detective Conan Ed McKay Eps. 238–239 Original Japanese dub 2007 Ghost Hunt Dr. Oliver Davis/Raymond Wall Ep. 20 Original Japanese dub 2012 Little Charo: Tohoku-hen Mage, Yoshio Eps. 3, 7English Dub 2012 Kids on the Slope Male Customer Ep. 4 Original Japanese dub 2014 Sword Art Online II NPC Gunman Ep. 4 Original Japanese dub 2019 Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Zhon Han Chen Original Japanese dub 2019 Free! Road to the World - the Dream Albert Volandel Original Japanese dub 2022 Free! The Final Stroke Albert Volandel Original Japanese dub Azuki-chan – Billy (original Japanese dub) Arashi no Yoru Ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi – Butch, Ghiro, Tap The Dagger of Kamui – Goldgun, Jackal Vengeance of the Space Pirate – Black Commander Free: Dive to the Future - Albert Volandel (original Japanese dub)
Live action Iron Chef – Kitchen Reporter Shinichiro Ohta Johnson and Friends – Johnson, Alfred (Japanese dub of Australian series) Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes - Voice of Ultraman Rosso Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy - Voice of Ultraman Titas, Ultraman Neos and Andro Melos
Video games Year Title Role Platform Source Ys III: Wanderers from Ys King McGuire TurboGrafx-CD Clock Tower Nolan Campbell PlayStation The Note ToshiPlayStation Willy WombatTagdorSega Saturn Ray Tracers Jalta Lang PlayStation Soulcalibur Announcer Arcade / Dreamcast / iOS / Xbox 360 / Android Super Smash Bros. Announcer, Master Hand Nintendo 64 Countdown Vampires Keith J. Snyder PlayStation Chase The Express Phillip Mason PlayStation Shenmue Susumu Akutagawa Dreamcast / Windows / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One Blaster Master: Blasting Again Kaiser, Murph, Ringage PlayStation Virtua Fighter 4 Lion Rafale Arcade / PlayStation 2 Transformers Tataki Megatron / Galvatron PlayStation 2 Glass Rose Matsunosuke Shimada, Jungo OgasawaraPlayStation 2 Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean Rodolfo GameCube Virtua Quest Lion Rafale GameCube / PlayStation 2 Shining Force Neo Max PlayStation 2 Virtua Fighter 5 Lion Rafale Arcade / PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 Mega Man ZX Advent Bifrost Nintendo DS Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Announcer Arcade / Wii Ace Combat: Joint AssaultAdditional voices PlayStation Portable Super Bomberman R Red Bomberman Nintendo Switch / PlayStation 4 / Windows / Xbox One Ninjala Announcer Nintendo SwitchTBA Combo DevilsAnnouncer WindowsYou won't believe who we got as our announcer in Combo Devils - @ComboDevils on X Air Gallet – Narration D1GP – Judge Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii – various roles Shenmue II – additional voices (Xbox version) Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance – various roles
Video game modifications Year Title Role Platform Source Smash Remix Announcer, Master Hand Nintendo 64
References
External links
Jeff Manning on Gaikokujin-Talent.com